CHAPTER XLII
The Chen family's lunch was unexpectedly sumptuous. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Chen Aiguo asked Chen Chuan to take a few boys around, and he was sweating profusely in the kitchen by himself. The chicken that was freshly killed in the morning has been stewed until now, and the grain pig raised by the farmer is fried back to the pot meat, which tastes particularly fragrant; Last winter, the pork ribs from the kang were simmered over low heat last night, and now the bones are crispy and the meat is rotten; The cucumber freshly picked from the ground is smashed and the cold salad is crisp and refreshing; Fresh soybeans are ground with tofu, mixed with condiments, and you can eat three bowls of rice; There was also a grass carp sent by his cousin, and Chen Aiguo quickly made a braised one.
A large table full of dishes was set.
The countryside is actually boring.
Most of the countryside is just as boring, with terraced rice fields stretching from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, and a sheep's intestine path on the top of the hill, with few large trees at the mouth of the bowl, only the miscellaneous trees that do not grow in size. There must be garbage of various colors under the courtyard dam of the farmhouse, and it stinks before you enter it, and the bamboo forest is full of bushes in the east and west, and it does not have the momentum that the boys imagined.
"It's completely different from what ...... TV" Song Jia sighed, he remembered that he had envied Chen Chuan for having endless fruits or something, Chen Chuan smiled and didn't speak at that time, but now that he thinks about it, that smile is full of helplessness.
"The one on TV is called an attraction." Once here, Zhao Mo was the only one who didn't have any expectations. He took off the hat on his head and fanned the wind, and poured cold water on Song Jia by the way: "Return the TV...... Except for the kind of villages that are so poor that they have to go to poverty alleviation, people are richer than us, do you believe it? β
Fang Ping was so tired that he was panting in the back, and he couldn't help but talk more while panting: "Yes, yes!" For example, Huaxi Village...... Just, it's very rich! β
At this time, even Chen Chuan couldn't help but roll his eyes - "How many Huaxi villages are there in China?" Boss Zhao Mo asked unceremoniously, while handing the water bottle in his hand to Fang Ping, who was about to collapse to the ground, and said with special disgust: "You will go last in a while." β
"Why?" Fang Ping poured a stomach full of water, and asked with a stunned expression.
"You're covered in sweat." Zhao Mo said calmly: "It's tasteless to go in the end." β
The three boys from the city had proudly declared that they would climb the highest mountain in the vicinity to playβit seemed to be close at hand and could only be described as a small hillβbut after ten minutes of walking, they realized the cruelty of reality, the scorching sun, the potholed ridges, and the undulating mountain roads, and after half an hour, Chen Chuan said thoughtfully: "Let's go back, my father should have already cooked the meal, and we will go back just to eat." β
So the group of four people turned around and walked back.
However, Song Jia made a request: "Before we go back, let's go to your junior high school." β
Chen Chuan was stunned, and then said unavoidably: "Let's talk about it after eating." β
Chen Aiguo's busyness has been praised by all the children, especially the braised fish, which several boys can't wait to chew and swallow even the bones. Song Jia shook off his cheeks and munched, and said to Chen Aiguo in a hurry: "No wonder Chen Chuan's craftsmanship is so good!" It turns out that my uncle taught me well! β
This sentence successfully scratched Chen Aiguo's itch, he was so happy that he couldn't do it, he had to touch a glass with Song Jia, Chen Chuan wanted to stop him, Chen Aiguo slapped him on the back of the head: "It's rice wine!" It's all male dolls, come, have a drink! β
The meal was very joyful, but before the meal, Fang Ping was stunned and asked, "Hey, isn't Auntie going to eat?" β
Zhao Mo and Song Jia wanted to strangle him, but Chen Chuan just smiled and said, "My mother is not in good health, and she has always eaten upstairs." Then he took his meal and went upstairs. Chen Aiguo moved his lips crampedly, and finally persuaded them to eat vegetables: "Come on, eat this, these are all rural, and they are not fed ...... feed."
Everyone aspired to ignore this slightly awkward episode.
After the meal, Chen Chuan helped Chen Aiguo clean up the table, followed him to the kitchen and whispered to Chen Aiguo: "Dad, my classmates want to go to my junior high school to have a look." β
Chen Aiguo washed the dishes with his head stuffy, took out the washed sea bowl and shook the water before turning around and saying to Chen Chuan: "If you want to go, you can go." What time do they leave in the afternoon? I'll send it when the time comes. β
"They said that they would take the third uncle's motorcycle down in the afternoon, so they wouldn't trouble you." Chen Chuan helped his father put away the dishes and chopsticks and said, "I'll send them to the town and come back." β
Chen Aiguo stopped, wiped his clothes twice, and took out fifty yuan from his pocket with his wet hands, thought about it and gritted his teeth to make up for fifty, handed it to Chen Chuan and whispered: "When you get to the town, call your classmates to eat sorbet." I see that they are in a terrible heat. We don't have fans in the house. β
Chen Chuan lowered his head and stuffed money into Chen Aiguo: "I don't want money, I have it." β
"Where did you get the money? What's there? Chen Aiguo's hand was a little itchy, and he put the money back into Chen Chuan's hand with a tiger face: "You dare to fight with you, your wings are hard?!" β
Chen Chuan lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, he clutched the two fifty money tickets until Song Jia called him over there: "Eh, Chen Chuan, Chen Chuan, are you okay?" β
Chen Aiguo pushed him, "Your classmate is calling you." The middle-aged man's tone became soft again, and he said as if coaxing a child: "Hurry up and get out, ah, accompany you to learn to play." β
Chen Chuan once described his junior high school career to Song Jia, getting up at 6 a.m. and walking half an hour to school. But he overlooked one thing, he was able to get to school in half an hour because he was already familiar with the road, but it was indeed impossible for these three city children who had never lived in the countryside to reach the middle school built on the top of the hill in half an hour.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait for me!" Fang Ping bent over, holding his knees with both hands and panting fiercely, Chen Chuan squatted down to look at him worriedly, and quickly turned over the mineral water from his bag and gave it to him: "Are you okay?" β
"How far is it?" Fang Ping drank two sips of water, and finally came to his senses, he squinted his eyes at the building on the top of the mountain that looked like a small toy house, and asked Chen Chuan hopelessly: "Can you walk in ten minutes?" β
Chen Chuan hesitated for a moment and said, "If it's me...... It's okay to ......" Then he looked at Fang Ping, shook his head regretfully, and brutally dispelled Fang Ping's delusions: "Your words, I think it may take half an hour." β
Fang Ping's eyes darkened - they had already walked for two and a half hours, but now Chen Chuan told him that it would take another half an hour.
"Ahh Just leave me here! Fang Ping howled in despair: "Go ahead! Come down the mountain and come to me after you went! β
Zhao Mo came over with a sneer, looked at him condescendingly and said, "You didn't listen to Chen Chuan? This road is a small road, and we will go directly to the town on the main road in a while, if you want to stay here, stay here, Chen Chuan remember to come and pick him up at night, don't let him be taken away by wolves. β
Fang Ping was startled, he quickly got up from the ground and looked left and right suspiciously, opened his pair of watery, like Bambi's big eyes and asked Chen Chuan timidly: "Here, there are wolves here?" β
Chen Chuan couldn't laugh or cry, he was curious and funny, and decided to scare this coward: "That's right! Seriously began to talk nonsense: "We have not only wolves here, but also snakes!" It's true! Don't look at the fields around here, and then go further is the National Forest Park, we have heard wolves howling before! β
Song Jia looked at him in amazement, and even Zhao Mo was a little shaken, feeling hairy in his heart. After Chen Chuan finished threatening the coward with satisfaction, the two of them sneakily squeezed to Chen Chuan's side, and asked one by one: "Is there really a wolf?" You're kidding, right? β
Chen Chuan rolled with laughter in his heart, his face was still very serious, and he lowered his voice and said, "Really, I heard that someone was bitten by a wolf when I was a child. β
It was falseβhe added in his heart, but whether the serpent was real or venomous; The National Forest Park is also real, but there is still a mountain road that is two hours away by car.
I have to say that Chen Chuan's intimidation still has a certain effect, the evidence is that Fang Ping suddenly became enthusiastic about climbing the mountain after that, and took the lead in the front, even Zhao Mo and Song Jia couldn't help but speed up - these two people didn't actually think that what Chen Chuan said was not the truth, it was a lie. In their opinion, the credit value of the honest boy Chen Chuan is obviously much higher than that of ordinary people.
Chen Chuan didn't lie to them, the mountain road from his house to the school was indeed much closer than the main road. After walking through the most difficult part of the road, the speed of several people slowly increased, and they gradually got used to the bumps of the mountain road, and after only twenty minutes, the four of them finally stood outside a wall.
"It's my alma mater." Chen Chuan said succinctly: "But it's summer vacation, and the school may not be open." β
"I didn't see the door?" Song Jia asked him confusedly.
"Bypass here, do you see an iron gate?" Chen Chuan pointed to an iron gate that had been half covered by a creeper, and was the first to walk over there, saying as he walked: "There was no door here before, but because we used to take the path to come over the wall and enter the school, then the principal simply asked someone to open another small door here." He picked up the overgrown branches and leaves of the creeper, and his voice immediately brought out some joy: "Didn't lock the door? Great, otherwise we'll have to go around the front again. β
As Chen Chuan pushed open the door, a small, mud-paved playground and two white-tiled, up to four-story buildings, appeared in front of the boys.
Immediately after, the sound of reading came to the ears of the four people.
Chen Chuan was obviously excited, he listened for a while, turned his head and said with a smile: "This is a cram school for the second year of junior high school, oops, we also had classes every day during the summer vacation. He hurriedly said to the other three people that you should go shopping, and then walked in the direction of the school building.
The three of them looked at each other for a while, Zhao Mo slowly followed behind Chen Chuan, who was about to be out of sight, and reminded the other two guys who hadn't reacted yet: "Don't you want to see Chen Chuan's school?" Let's take a look at the classroom where he was in class. β